Monthly Archives: February 2018

AALL Joining National Campaign for Net Neutrality

This just in from the AALL:
“Today, February 27, 2018, AALL is joining companies, websites, and organizations around the country in a massive effort to recruit one more Senator to support the Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution restoring net neutrality. The day of action is called Operation: #OneMoreVote. We’ll be posting to social media and urging […]

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KM, AI & Client Engagement: The Changing Role of Law Firm Librarians, Part 2

Gregg Wirth, a financial journalist and the Content Manager of the Legal Executive Institute’s LEI Blog writes for On Firmer Ground about KM and AI and how it’s changing law firm libraries.
“The role of the law firm librarian has undergone dramatic change as technology, artificial intelligence and other innovations have allowed some information service […]

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VoxGov Luncheon at NYLI

In late January, The New York Law Institute hosted a luncheon and webinar with Voxgov – a unique platform providing visibility into who in government is saying what on any issue at any time. NYLI provides access to VoxGov to members as one of our Staff Access databases.

Drawing from over 9,000 indexed government sources, […]

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NYLI ProQuest Congressional Webinar

February 21st @ 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm Eastern
Optimize your federal legislative history research with ProQuest Congressional
The Library of the New York Law Institute offers web-based training sessions to help you discover new resources and enhance your research with Proquest Congressional, the premier electronic service for access to the activities and publications of the United […]

By |February 19th, 2018|Announcements, New at NYLI|Comments Off on NYLI ProQuest Congressional Webinar

NYLI Closed for President’s Day

The New York Law Institute will be closed on Monday, February 19, 2018 in observance of the Presidents’ Day national holiday and will reopen on Tuesday, February 20th at 8:30 AM.

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NYLI OverDrive Collection Webinar

February 14th 1:30-2:00 pm EST

The New York Law Institute now offers members direct free access to a collection of over 600 eBooks from major legal publishers Matthew Bender and the ABA through their new OverDrive Collection.  This collection also includes 116 West Academic Nutshells eBooks.

Join Research Librarian Karen Oesterle to learn more about this exciting new […]

By |February 12th, 2018|Announcements, New at NYLI|Comments Off on NYLI OverDrive Collection Webinar

NYLI Services New Staff Orientation Webinar

The New York Law Institute now offers members a variety of resources and services including 2 eBooks collections providing access to over 160,000 eBook titles. We offer the entire West Academic Nutshells series in eBook format, hundreds of ABA titles, and Mathew Bender legal treatises.  We also offer access to valuable electronic resources such as […]

By |February 7th, 2018|Announcements, New at NYLI|Comments Off on NYLI Services New Staff Orientation Webinar

Legalweek New York 2018: What’s hot and what’s not

Caroline Hill, Editor in chief of Legal IT Insider provides a roundup of the best tech at Legalweek New York 2018 in the areas of:

Document management
Document comparison
Records management/information governance
eDiscovery
AI

Read more here.

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